Chair
- Object Name:
- Chair
- Object ID:
- 1983.023
- Date:
- 1770-1800
- Description:
- Side Chair. Chippendale style, with slip seat and pierced splat. Walnut wood. Double yoke crest rail. Straight splat, expanding at the top, with six vertical piercings. Trapezoidal seat upholstered with green floral damask (poor condition); cotton batting and woven webbing visible underneath seat. Square front legs and rectangular stretchers all beaded on the outside edge. Front stretcher heavily worn. Chamfered back legs. Pegged construction.
- Material:
- Wood
Walnut
Cotton
Textile - Dimensions:
- H-36.5 W-21 D-19 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased from descendant of George Ffrost (Frost). Said to be from the Ffrost Homestead, Durham, NH.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Ffrost, Ffrost, George (1765-1841), Sawyer
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